Double pointed blade and holder therefor



July 29, 1941. D. Fmsou 2,250,796

DOUBLE POINTED BLADE AND HOLDER THEREFQR Filed Oct. 26, 1939 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented July 29, 1941 UNITED snares DOUBBE 'POINTED BLADE AND HOLDER THEREFOR;

Domenico Erisoli, Newark, NJ. J; Application October 26, 1939; SeriaI NMSO-LHK 3.-Glaims.

This invention-relates to cutting implements and more particularly refers to'improvementsinknivesandknife blades ofatype particularly suitable. for trimming paper-*or. cutting clippingsand for: other-1ike purposes.

Knives of: the type to-which this invention refers intended for the purposes-mentioned; gen-- erallyconsist: of a holder and a thin blade mounted in said 'holder, the -knife being: used-not.

51a handletherefora capped ferrule of a novel and improved: construction, adapted tobemounted oven: the: blade holding endof said? handle so as to clamp the blade in position; at--' the same time; providing an abutment for said blade-in by cuttingthe material withitsedge as a whole suring: its: rigid? mounting and: preventing-'- its but by running the outer end of :its cutting-edge along the. line of cutting. Whentheblade used is.iof;rectangular-shape such as, for'instance, a

safety razor. blade, its forward; edge-intercepts wabhling due to the application of pressureagainst? its cutting: point:

Other: objects and advantages of the presen t inventionwill; more fully: appear as thwdescrip' proper. visionv and thus interfereswiththetionproceeds and will be' set fcrtli a-nd claimed performance of the work;

In a patent entitled, Uti1ity-knife',dated May 25,1937, Patent No. 2,081'1702; L'have'described a utility knife in which the blade. element-has its front edge rearwardly inclined withrespe'ct toinvention z the cutting edge, forming therewith a cutting point at the forward end of the blade, thesla-nted front edge permitting at all timesan'unhampered vision of the cutting'point,-thu-'s greatly teem-tat ing, cutting andtrimming operations.-

The bladeconstituting one-of the features of" the invention described in my aforesaid patent was obtained. by cutting a steel ribbon atuniformly spaced: intervals bymeans of -a shearing v 2: Figa. 1. and.2, partly: sectionedttw-better"illustrate tool having. its cutting edge directed at an angle of less. thanninety. degrees-t0 the cuttingedge of the blades, .so that the'bladesthusproduced had an elongated rhomboid shape withthe rear" edge parallel to "the front edge.

Blades of this character preferabiy have only one of their longitudinal edges sharpened to form a cutting edge, the other edge being used' for handling purposes and being; left dull inv order" to avoid possible injury to the user iii-handling;

therefore, only the point formed by the front edgevvith the cutting edge' maybe used? for cutting or trimming, so that when the. cutting point has become dullthe bladehas to be dis-- carded and a new blade must be placediinthe holder in its place;

The primary object of thisinvention isto-providea novel and improvedtype of. biade,.adapted-. to be reversibly mounted. in a. suitable holder,

2; iszai similar; view: of the' k nife; partly sectioned; dad-illustrate:- the kmanner, "in which the blade is;mounted -;in thehandiea Fig; .3:1is- .a': plan. view of asteel ribbon having- '25; one: of. its edgeszsharpenedxto produce abutting-3 edge, said view illustratingr-themanner of pro ducing; the. blade: constituting. thee. mainfeature of; my; invention;

Fig. his a: side: view ofi thei handle shown: in

the=-- construction: of; it'sx'bladei holding. end'z" Fig:v 5 liszanend;.vievr;tliereof;:

Eig'.. 6 is a-longitudlnal; sectiomoii' the capped ferrule used. in: connection: with. thehandle -01 L:

Fig. '7 isaanl endLvieW thereof;

Fig; .8 is. a.- fragmentary view; partly sectioned; of a knife similar to thatshownainrlligsi Land-2;- in; which. the. bottom of the: blades retaining-slot 40:. in the: handle is; directed. ate right; angles to the" cutting edgeofithe blade;

Fig, .9 isaa. fragmentary viewsof thez'blade -hold ing; end of. a handle,, illustrating? the manner of cutting the. blade hoidingslot inxtheisametby means of a circular saw blade;

Fig. 10 illustrates a. complete; knifeb partly sectioned, comprising .a handle ofithetype shownin Fig: 9 and a; blade having its endiedgesadapted to registenwith the curvedloutline .of therbottomt said: blade havinga cutting point. at 83.011? endiggl bladetholdmg Slot;

and having, therefore, twice the cutting-l capacity;

of an-ordinary; bladezatlno' extra cost.

Another object is to provide novel and improved means of an inexpensive character for Fig: 11 is'a ,view "similar to, Fig... 3.,',,illiistra.ting the m'a'nner-"of'producing the blade shown in Fig. 10; and

Fig. 12 is a plan view of a. blade embodying mounting a blade of the type mentioned and my invention in an alternative form, in which forming in the blade two cutting points 29, 39],

one at each end.

In order to form the knife, one of the endsof the blade is inserted in the slot 23 and then a.

capped ferrule 3| is placed over the shank portion 2|, the tip end of said capped ferrule'havingq a transversal slotted opening 32 through, which the blade may project, as Figs. 1 and 2 clearly w- The body of said ferrule is preferably slightly flaring to receive the tapering shank portion 2! of the handle with a very tight fit, so that when said ferrule is placed in position it will compress.

the two halves 33, 34 of the shank portion 2|, separated by the slot 23 and will cause the same to firmly clamp the blade inserted therebetween.

, In order to insure a better grip for the ferrule, the same is preferably formed with lugs or indentations 35, adapted to bite intothe body of. the shank portion 2| in a well known manner.

The slot'23 in shank portion, 2i is shown cut with its bottom 36 at an angle corresponding to' that of the end edges 21, 28 of the blade, so that said bottom forms an abutment for the end edge of the portion of the blade inserted within the slot, as Fig. 2 clearly shows. I

Although the blade is clamped firmlyin place by the action of the ferrule 3i, when pressure is applied against its cutting edge 29 the tendency of the blade is to give insofar as the length of the slot 32 in thebottom of the ferrule will permit and if the pressure applied is excessive the blade will actually become somewhat displaced from its proper position.

In order to prevent this possibility I'prefer to provide some sort of abutment also for thefcutting edge of that portion of the blade which is inserted in the slot, said abutment maintaining the blade in its proper alignment. A simple way of attaining this end is illustrated in Figs. 2 and 6', in which it is seen that the-ferrule is formed with an inwardly directed tongue or lug 3? in the same plane with slot 32, said tongue or lug being adapted to-enter slot 23 and to extend therein to the line of the cutting edge of the blade, as shown in Fig. 2. 1 l

Although I prefer to cut the slot in the handle with its bottom at a slant registering with the end edge of the blade, it is within the scope" of my invention to cut the slot with its bottom at a different angle, for instance, at right angles to "the axis of the handle, as shown at 38 in Fig. 8.

The-slot shown in Figs. 2 and l is shown as having a straight bottom registering with the straight outline of the end edges of theblade. Such a slot can be cut in the handle by means of a band saw or by means of a saw having a straight reciprocating blade. At times may be more convenient to use a disk saw, as shown at 39 in Fig. 9, and in such case the bottom 40 of the slot produced will have a curved outline. The blade 4| used in connection with a handle having a slot produced in this manner may accordingly be cut from the strip 42 by means of punch 43 having similarly curved cutting edges it, 45, so as to produce in the blade curved end edges 46, 41, adapted to register with the bottom 40 of the slot.

Although Iprefer to make the blade with symmetrical end edges, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, 10 and 11, it is within the scope of my invention to cutthe end edges of the blade at difierent angles, as shown in Fig. 12, where the blade 48 has one end edge 49 cut at an angle of forty-five degrees and the other end edge 50 at an angle of sixty 1 degrees.

Such an arrangement produces two cutting points in the blade and, therefore, a reversible blade which can be used in connection with a handleof the type shownin Fig. 8.

It will be understood that although the blade is held firmly in place by the action of the ferrule, it can be withdrawn from the slot without difficulty with thejaid of a pair of pliers and replaced after reversal with equal ease.

For economy in manufacture the handle is preferably made of-wood, although other materials such as Celluloid or any suitable plastic can also be used.

Minor constructional details of my invention may vary to a certain, extent from those shown without departing from the inventive idea. The drawing should, therefore, be understood as being intended for illustrative purposes only and not ina limiting sense.

' I, accordinglmreserve the right to carry my invention into practice in all those ways and manners which may enter, fairly, into the scope of the appended claims.

I claim: 7

1. As a new article of manufacture, a blade having a cutting edge, and two end edges sym- -metrically inwardlyinclined with respect thereto, whereby the blade will be reversible with a cutting point at each end.

2. A cutting implement of the character described, comprising a handle having a slot at the blade holding end, a reversible blade having a cutting edge and two end edges inwardly inclined with respect thereto, having one of its ends inserted within said slot, a capped ferrule mounted over said blade holding end, said fer- -rule having an opening registering with, and

through which said blade projects, retaining said blade in position, and an abutment formed in the capped ferrule for holding the blade against vertical displacement.

3. A cutting implement of the character described, comprising a blade having a cutting edge and two end edges symmetrically inwardly inclined with respect thereto, a, handle for said blade, having a slot at the blade holding end within which'one of the ends of said blade is inserted, the bottom of said slot registering with, and forming an abutment for the end edge of said blade, and means for securing said blade in position, and an abutment formed in the capped ferrule for holding the blade against Vertical displacement.

DOMENICO FRISOLI. 

